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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

progressoid

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6. I wonder about the flatulence issue.

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:42 PM

Mar 2016

Retired astronaut answers amazing questions about space

Q: Do you fart more or less in space?

A: More - because it's impossible to burp when weightless (the gas, liquid and solid in your stomach all mix together).

Q: Would farting push you far enough to get unstuck?

A: We all tried it - too muffled, not the right type of propulsive nozzle

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/retired-astronaut-answers-amazing-questions-about-space/story-fnjwlcze-1226776314758

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Professor Brian Cox on the International Space Station being a hoax (yes, that's a thing) [View all] progressoid Mar 2016 OP

There is a magical tube. If you look through it, far objects appear near. It's a telescope. DetlefK Mar 2016 #1

I won't believe it until I can smell it through a Smelloscope progressoid Mar 2016 #2

You would need to know beforehand what the ISS smells like. DetlefK Mar 2016 #3

I wonder about the flatulence issue. progressoid Mar 2016 #6

If they're faking it, they're doing a damned good job. eppur_se_muova Mar 2016 #4

Exactly, even ameteur astronomers are getting photos of it. progressoid Mar 2016 #5

They're in on it! drm604 Mar 2016 #7

Oh my dog. You're right! progressoid Mar 2016 #8

Sadly, there really are people who think like that. drm604 Mar 2016 #9

Oy! Canadian Interloper Mar 2016 #10

Welcome Canadian Interloper! progressoid Mar 2016 #11

Thank you! Canadian Interloper Mar 2016 #12

They're like this guy, who had his bell rung by Buzz Aldrin. Archae Mar 2016 #13